Preview: Bucks at Cavaliers

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TEAMS: Bucks (22-18) vs. Cleveland Cavaliers (11-32).

WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Friday.

WHERE: Quicken Loans Arena.

BROADCASTS: TV - FS Wisconsin. Radio - AM-620.

ABOUT THE CAVALIERS: Cleveland strengthened its bench this week by acquiring forward Marreese Speights and guards Wayne Ellington and Josh Selby from Memphis, in addition to a future first-round pick. All it cost the Cavaliers was forward Jon Leuer, the 6-foot-10 former Wisconsin star, who played with the Bucks last season. The Grizzlies needed to ditch salary to stay under the luxury tax and keep starting forward Rudy Gay. The three new players are not expected to play for the Cavaliers on Friday. Speights will help fill in for Anderson Varejao, who was leading the league in rebounding before going down last month. Varejao underwent surgery for a torn leg muscle at the Cleveland Clinic on Jan. 10 and developed a blood clot in his right lung, a health scare that will force him to miss the rest of the season. Newly named all-star reserve Kyrie Irving scored 40 points in the Cavaliers' 95-90 victory over Boston on Tuesday. Shaun Livingston, who played for the Bucks last season, is averaging 6.5 points and 3.4 assists since being claimed off waivers from Washington on Dec. 25.